Analysing audio-visual content

Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 14:42 in Mathematics & Economics

Some typical faults that the software of the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT identifies are outputting mono instead of stereo sound, getting channels confused or undesired fluctuations in volume. In addition, it can find a blur, freezes or over/underexposure. At present, developers are working at identifying grainy pictures, visible coding artefacts, a faulty 16:9 / 4:3 switch-over, colour distortion or problems with synchronity. Automatic fault and quality monitoring means enormous savings in time especially for production companies when viewing video material because they can automate steps in work and save resources...

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